June 2006
Beginner
688 pages
26h 18m
English
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Name of character Alt-X Alt-n Word HTML Notes
♥ Black heart suit 2665 9829 ♥
♦ Black diamond suit 2666 9830 ♦
♪ Eighth note 266a 9834 ♪
♫ Beamed eighth notes 266b 9835 ♫
Geometric shapes
■ Black square 25a0 9632 ■
□ White square 25a1 9633 □
▪ Black small square 25aa 9642 ▪
▫ White small square 25ab 9643 ▫
▬ Black rectangle 25ac 9644 ▬
▲ Black up-pointing
triangle
25b2 9650 ▲
► Black right-pointing
triangle
25b2 9658 ►
▼ Black down-point.
triangle
25bc 9660 ▼
◄ Black left-pointing
triangle
25c4 9668 ◄
◊ Lozenge 25ca 9674 ◊
○ White circle 25cb 9675 ○
● Black circle 25cf 9679 ●
◘ Inverse bullet 25d8 9688 ◘
◙ Inverse white circle 25d9 9689 ◙
◦ White bullet 25e6 9702 ◦
Spaces
Space 20 032 ␠   space bar
No-break space a0 0160 Ctrl-Shift-␠
Em space 2003 8195 Insert →   ∉WGL4
En space 2002 8194 Insert →   ∉WGL4
Four-per-em space 2005 8197 Insert →   ∉WGL4
Thin space 2009 8201   ∉WGL4
Invisible controls
Zero width non-joiner 200c 8204 ‌ ∉WGL4
Zero width joiner 200d 8205 ‍ ∉WGL4
Left-to-right mark 200e 8206 ‎ ∉WGL4
Right-to-left mark 200f 8207 ‏ ∉WGL4
648 | Appendix: Tables for Writing Characters
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